“But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given to You.
Parallel translations
- WEB But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
- KJV But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
- BSB But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
- NKJV But who am I, and who are my people, That we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, And of Your own we have given You.
- NLT But who am I, and who are my people, that we could give anything to you? Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us!
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Quick answer
David humbly asks who he and his people are to give so freely, confessing that everything they offered came from God's own hand.
Overview
At the heart of David's prayer is genuine humility: even their generous giving is only returning what God first supplied. This verse expresses a foundational principle of biblical stewardship—we are recipients before we are givers. It guards generosity from pride and grounds it in grace, anticipating the gospel logic that we love and give because he first gave to us (1 John 4:19).
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- Jas 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- 2 Cor 3:5not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;
- Rom 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.
- 2 Cor 12:9–11He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- Ps 115:1Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake.
- Ps 50:10–12For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
- 1 Cor 15:9–10For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
- 1 Chr 29:9Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh; and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
- Gen 32:10I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
- Phil 2:13For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- 2 Sam 7:18Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
- Gen 28:22then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God’s house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”
- Rev 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
- Dan 4:30The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
- 1 Cor 16:2On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
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